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Stephen Hilton and I have compiled some thoughts in response to a recent report produced by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smart Cities, which offered tips on smart city development, policy and practice to city mayors. Our report – Shaping successful smart cities – was published today through […]

In April 2017 I will be out and about to give two presentations from my smart city work: I’ll be presenting Political leadership, political citizenship, and public value in the smart city – a joint paper with Theo Tryfonas of UoB School of Civil Engineering – at the […]

In a couple of weeks time I’ll be popping over to Atlanta, Georgia, to present a paper entitled Smart city developments in England: People, policy and politics at the Regional Studies Association 2nd North American Conference Cities and Regions: Managing Growth and Change (15th-17th June). At the end of June […]

On 21st and 22nd May the University of Bristol’s Anticipations Research Group is collaborating with the Festival of Ideas on a weekend event called Creating Real Utopias in the 21st Century. As part of this event, on the morning of 21st May I will be taking part in […]

The Policy Press has just published a book entitled Beyond Behaviour Change: Key issues, interdisciplinary challenges and future directions, edited by Fiona Spotswood based at the Bristol Business School, University of the West of England. The book brings together authors from a range of disciplines to provide their […]

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Here are a handful of Brexit-related topics that have been on my mind: 1. We need a more balanced discussion of the risks of a far right surge There are plenty of arguments about the risk of a People’s Vote or Article 50 revocation fuelling the rise of the […]

On Friday Vince Cable is due to give a set piece speech. Given that a week is a long time in politics the speech could, presumably, go through several revisions between now and then. But that hasn’t stopped people speculating, and unnamed individuals briefing, that Uncle Vince is going […]